The operator of Narita International Airport near Tokyo on Monday unveiled fast lanes to allow selected foreign passengers pass smoothly through immigration. The fast-lane service, a measure included in a government action plan for tourism promotion, will start at the airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Wednesday. For the time being, the service […]
Japan’s new national security laws have now come into effect 6 months after being enacted last September.The legislation allows Japan to use force by exercising its right to collective self-defense. Japan will be able to defend other nations with which it has close relations, if its survival is threatened.The Japanese Self-Defense Forces can now carry […]
The use of drones has been spreading in Japan.Construction machinery makers use the unmanned aerial devices to measure construction sites. Movie production firms use them for aerial photography. And security companies have been working to develop patrol drones. US online retail giant Amazon is considering introducing a delivery service using drones in Japan. Pizza delivery businesses […]
Japanese police have detained a 23-year-old man who allegedly kidnapped a girl two years ago.Police had issued an arrest warrant for Kabu Terauchi on Sunday after they placed the 15-year-old girl in protective custody.Investigators say Terauchi told the girl in March 2014 to get in his car near her junior high school in Saitama Prefecture, […]
Last year Kyu-shirataki Station made headlines around the world for staying open just to send one girl to school, but now that she’s graduating, it’s time to pack it in. News of delaying closures along the “Shiraktaki Series” of stations to accommodate a single student began to make headlines in Japan last year and by […]
The government is considering reducing the upper limits of overtime allowed for workers as part of a push to overhaul Japan’s notoriously demanding labor culture. In Japan, companies can ask employees to work up to 45 hours of overtime work per month, or up to 360 hours per year, in addition to the standard 40-hour […]
Japan on Friday executed two death row prisoners, local media reported, as the government—backed by public opinion—continued to ignore calls by international rights groups to end capital punishment. Media identified the two inmates as Junko Yoshida, 56, a former nurse convicted of two murders for insurance in 1998 and 1999 in Fukuoka Prefecture, and Yasutoshi […]
Turkish media report that a Japanese man has been detained in Turkey on suspicion of seeking to join the Islamic State militant group.Multiple media report the 24-year-old was detained by security troops in southeast Turkey while heading by car for a town near the border with Syria.They say the man’s cell phone had records of […]
A woman dubbed the “black widow,” who is accused of murdering her husband and other partners with cyanide, is expected to plead not guilty to all charges in her upcoming trial, sources close to the matter said. Documents submitted by lawyers for 69-year-old defendant Chisako Kakehi indicate she will likely deny the charges of murder […]
Police have arrested a 69-year-old man on charges of assaulting his former wife in front of the Saitama District Court building. The incident occurred at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning, when Takahisa Matsumoto, a resident of Ageo, Saitama Prefecture, slashed his ex-wife’s left cheek with a knife in front of the entrance to the […]
